Revision: March 10, 2010, midnight
SB 447 - AS INTRODUCED
2010 SESSION
06/01
SENATE BILL 447
AN ACT relative to the residence requirement for town moderators and town clerks.
SPONSORS: Sen. Roberge, Dist 9; Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Rep. Cooney, Graf 7; Rep. Theberge, Coos 4; Rep. L. Brown, Straf 3; Rep. Patten, Carr 4
COMMITTEE: Public and Municipal Affairs
This bill deletes the residence requirement for town moderators and town clerks.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
10-2915
06/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Ten
AN ACT relative to the residence requirement for town moderators and town clerks.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Pre-Election Procedure; Additional Polling Places; Officers. Amend RSA 658:14 to read as follows:
658:14 Officers. The moderator shall appoint an assistant moderator for each additional polling place and the town clerk shall appoint an assistant clerk for each additional polling place. [Each assistant moderator and assistant clerk shall have their domicile in the voting district covered by the additional polling place where they will serve.] The powers and duties of the assistant moderator and the assistant clerk shall be the same as those of the moderator and the clerk at the central polling place except as otherwise provided in the election laws. The inspectors of elections appointed as provided in RSA 658:2 shall be sworn in by the assistant moderator before entering upon their duties.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.